Thiri Maya Dewi Mwei Daw ( my, သီရိမာယာဒေဝီ မွေ့ဒေါ, ; 1330s – 28 January 1368) was a principal queen of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy, and the mother of King

Razadarit Razadarit ( mnw, ရာဇာဓိရာတ်,The spelling "ရာဇာဓိရာတ်" per '' Slapat Rajawan'' (Schmidt 1906: 118) and the 1485 Shwedagon Pagoda inscription (Pan Hla 2005: 368, footnote 1). Nai Pan Hla's ''Razadarit Ayedaw ...

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Mwei Daw was the youngest daughter of Than-Bon, a senior minister at the court of King Binnya U. Than-Bon was a son of Senior Minister Bo Htu-Hpyet who served at the court of King

Wareru Wareru ( mnw, ဝါရေဝ်ရောဝ်, my, ဝါရီရူး, ; also known as Wagaru; 20 March 1253 – 14 January 1307) was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, located in present-day Myanmar (Burma). By using both diplomatic a ...

. In 1348/49, soon after the accession of Binnya U, she was married to Gov.

Min Linka Min Linka ( my, မင်း လင်္ကာ, ) was governor of Pegu (Bago) from 1348 to 1353. Son of King Saw Zein of Martaban, the prince was appointed governor by his half-brother King Binnya U. But he did not help his brother during ...

of Pegu, younger half-brother of Binnya U. Her three elder sisters

Mwei It Sanda Min Hla Mwei It ( my, စန္ဒာမင်းလှ မွေ့အစ်, ; 1340s– 1365) was a principal queen consort of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy. She may have been Binnya U's first chief queen consort. Brief Born ...

Mwei Kaw Hnin An Daung Mwei Kaw ( my, နှင်းအံဒေါင်း မွေ့ကော, ; also spelled as Hnin An Daw) was a principal queen consort of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy. She may have been Binnya U's second chief queen ...

and

Mwei Zeik Sanda Dewi Mwei Zeik ( my, စန္ဒာဒေဝီ မွေ့ဇိပ် ;) was a principal queen consort of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy. Born Mwei Zeik, she was the third daughter of Minister Than-Bon of the Martaban court. ...

became principal queens of Binnya U.Pan Hla 2005: 45 She and Linka had two daughters—Thazin Saw Dala and Thazin Saw U—and a son, Nyi Kan-Kaung.Pan Hla 2005: 47 C. 1353,(Pan Hla 2005: 47–48): Min Linka's rebellion took place sometime after the invasion by

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city i ...

in 713 ME (1351/52) and before the death of the prized white elephant in 716 ME (1354/55). her husband revolted against Binnya U. But the rebellion failed. Min Linka was arrested, and executed. Binnya U raised his sister-in-law to queen with the title of Thiri Maya Dewi. In 1368, she bore him a son named A-Pa-Thon but died soon after the birth in

Donwun Donwun ( my, ဒုန်ဝန်းမြို့, ; also spelled Don Wun; also known as Wun), located 16km north of Thaton, is a former capital of Hanthawaddy Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and th ...

.Pan Hla 2005: 61 The son later became King

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